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Who do you think I am?
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Teo  #472636  Mon, 04 Feb 08 08:10 PM

1. Who do you think I am?

2. Whom do you think me?

I think #1 is correct. According to Treasure of English Grammar (written by Liu Yi), #2 is also acceptable. Do you agree?
  
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Philip  #472639  Mon, 04 Feb 08 08:16 PM
 Teo wrote:

1. Who do you think I am?

2. Whom do you think me?

I think #1 is correct. According to Treasure of English Grammar (written by Liu Yi), #2 is also acceptable. Do you agree?

# 2 is totally foreign to my ear.
  
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MrPedantic  #472692  Mon, 04 Feb 08 10:54 PM

Changing the pronoun may clarify:

2. Whom do you think me?

=> e.g.

3. Do you think me him?

(But quite peculiar, as Philip suggests.)

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